Receiver support for telephones



May' 12, 1925. 1,537,772

G. HITZLER RECEIVER SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONES Filed June 18, 1923 Patented May 12, 1925.

j ap icat filed, as, 1-18, 1323.; ,ssa iwti (#4595 .Be. it known thatI, GEORGEEHITZLIB,M2IL citizen of the United States, residinglat Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Receiver Supports for Telephones, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide ahighly novel form of attachment for telephones wherein the receivers thereof may be properly supported for enabling operators to use the implements without the usual necessity of holding the receivers in one hand whereby use may be made of both hands during a conversation.

The primary object of 'my invention resides in the provision of such a support that may beapplied to telephones and removed therefrom in a simple and expeditious manner and wherein the support of the receiver per se may be raised, lowered, or extended to suit different requirements.

An additional object is the pro'vision ofsuch a support for telephone receivers that is extremely simple of construction and one that-may be manufactured and marketed at relatively small cost, the device embracing but few parts and these correlated in such a manner as to reduce the possibility to a minimum.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the conventional type telephone equipped with my improved attachment, the receiver of the telephone being supported thereby.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the attachment per se, and

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged perspectives of certain of'the elements comprised in my invention.

Now having particular reference to the drawing my novel device embodies a flat like bar 5, preferably of metal equipped at space points with a pair of horse shoe shaped oFrice.

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The length of said flat-like bar 5 is greater than the handle portion A of said telephone and is provided at its upper end with an opening 8 which is to be alined with an opening 9 in a flat-like bar section 10 for the reception of an adjustable fastening 11. This bar section 10 is to be extended outwardly of the telephone in a direction of the usual receiver hook C, it being obvious thatthe connection 11 between the bar 5 and section 10 is such that this bar section 10 may be raised or lowered to meet different demands.

ui'e -Freely slidable over the bar section 10 is a channel member 11 that is formed at its outer end with a rearwardly directed ear portion 12. Adjacent the inner end of said channel bar 11 is a cross pin 13 that cooperates with an abutment 14 carried by the bar section 10 for preventing total dis engagement of the bars 10 and 11 with re spect to each other.

The said rearwardly directed portion 12 is formed with an opening 15 and associated with this car. portion is the pendent ear 16 of a flat-like bar 17 this car 16 being also provided with an opening for register with the opening of said ear 12 whereby the bar 17 may be locked to the channel bar 11 through the medium of a well known fastening .18, it being obvious that this bar has pivotal connection to the channel bar 11.

The member 17 also carries a bar of horse shoe shaped clasps 19 that are suitably lined at 20 and are adapted for receiving the usual ear piece D of said telephone when the same is removed from the before mentioned hook C.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that I have provided a highly novel form of support for telephone receivers and even though I have herein shown and described the most practical embodiment of the invention with which I am at present familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be madetherein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is v A telephone receiver support comprising bars pivotally connected together, means for frictionally fixing the bars with relation to each other, spring clasps carried by one of the bars, an abutment member carried by the other bar, a channeled bar having inturned flanges which are disposed at the opposite sides of the abutment, the

channel bar and the flanges receiving the edge portions of that bar which is provided an arly disposed end portion of the channe bar 'and provided with spaced spring 20 cli s.

1 testimony whereof I aflix my signature. GEORGE HITZLER 

